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For some time. Now there are questions about staffing and what role that plays for officers on the street kron fours dan kerman is live at Police Headquarters tonight with our top story. Dan. Well the police union is coming forward saying despite the fact that the Police Department has a 122 funding positions they have never fill those positions all at once not placed in the last 10 years and they say that is requiring officers to work overtime and that is putting citizens lives at risk. And understaffed police force is a threat to those that live in vallejo. So says the Vallejo Police union which says citizens are endangered by the citys failure to hire police specifically they say there are not enough cops to cover all beats on a regular basis. The says for 10 years the city has had open positions and because the forces consistently shorthanded there are generally no more than 6 officers on the street at any given time in a city of over 120,000. The says that puts filet o well below cities like oakland and richmond. And the shortage forces officers to work overtime which causes fatigue and adversely impact citizen safety i dont think that just because you are tired and overworked. As you can and then not be held accountable. For abuse. Is very significant at that tick you off the street this all the constitutionally and properly whether they are working not. Civil rights Attorney John Burris has sued Vallejo Police for wrongful death in the Police Shooting of Sean Monterrosa he says while more Police Officers may be needed to patrol the city under staffing is not an excuse. 4 officers crossing the line and using excessive force. And allow for the only was shootings on and off the shootings that youll be able to rest or none of that and there still should be some accountability. Back live at the Police Department we can tell you specifically that the lay of police is saying tonight that recruiting and hiring as a top priority for them. Theyre telling us that while it is true that they have not filled all of their positions they are currently looking at 13 candidates, they say theyve also gotten a federal grant which will allow for the funding of 8 additional positions and they say they have put out a request though only a request at this point to the chp to have them come help out with that role. No word yet from the chp as to whether theyre going to come along and help live in vallejo dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan we are learning new details tonight about that series of protests in oakland last week those protests were in response to the jacob blake shooting by police in kenosha wisconsin. Over a threeday period 24 people were arrested and police say most of those people are non oakland residents. Local police say last wednesday friday and saturday nights events prompted by a group called yea area revolution turned destructive. Police say each night, the crowd incited violence and was destructive on wednesday night police say windows were broken at 21 businesses and there was reportedly about 100,000 in damage to the federal courthouse on 2 of the nice office said officers say rocks and bottles were thrown at them. We turn now to our fire coverage tonight, more than 16,000 firefighters are battling 18 major wildfires and lightning complex fires across the state today fire crews made more progress on the fires burning here in the bay area, heres a look at the latest containment numbers, the scu lightning complex fires in parts of the east bay and south bay or 65 contained the lnu lightning complex fires in the north bay now 66 contained and the czu august lightning complex fires in parts of san mateo and santa cruz counties are 41 contained. The woodward fire burning in west marin is now 17 contain the woodward fire just got some high tech support to try to help douse those flames will force resist osseo is live tonight in marine county with how firefighters are using technology on this play cerissa. We know theyre able to make some progress on this fire but not enough, especially although its dark right now the air quality is horrible out here and that is really causing them to not be able to use the aircraft that they like to do on these fire, so they have brought in some technology specifically a drone and now theyre using that drone to use fight fire with fire. Get your why we care very common goals. Like that or so you know the the risk is much lower and financially it makes its its the right to it. It is swift efficient and helping keep firefighters safe. This you a yes or Unmanned Aircraft system commonly referred to as a drone is setting backfires in the point raze National Forests as crews attempt to lasso the stubborn woodward fire is the first fire operations has been involved with it. He was a little reluctant at first he so he wants one on every fire now laura brett is with the air Operations Branch with the u. S. Forest service, the woodward fire started august 17th from lightning strikes igniting dry brush. Evacuations forced many out of their homes in the surrounding areas wild life is being threatened while cooler temperatures have aided in the fight. The rugged thick terrain has not aircraft normally used in these circumstances cant fly because of the poor air quality its a great backup when we can use. And there they told were comfortable where i think. And people use it and see the benefits well be a lot more workers so were using to clean up the wires cage and bring it down a little bit straighter line so it doesnt make a hard right now. We need to reduce the line rail lines. It allows firefighters to come down and write songs and it keeps the state from having to go too far in the other areas. Just get to all of the patients. Barrett says that the technology really is remarkable not drone can actually fire in these balls and start those backfires and then the ground crews can come in she says that they would like to get some more theyre going to explore it hear more county theresa kron 4 news fascinating stuff, thank you to reset for the first time a team of israeli firefighters have been deployed to assist in the. As see you and lnu lightning complex fires. The team of 10 is expected to be deployed for at least 2 weeks. Tonight, those 2 fires that we just mentioned are the second and 3rd largest wildfires in california history. The mendocino complex fire from 2018 is still the states largest and our coverage continues at kron 4 dot com there you can find a complete list of evacuation orders and warnings you can also track the fires on our interactive map. Along with any weather alerts in your neighborhood is all available right now at kron 4 dot com. As you know today was another day of poor air quality all over the bay area the smoke was particularly bad in marin county. Were nevado had get this some of the worst air quality in the world today and we want to bring in our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow. Lawrence any idea when we might see the air quality improved, yeah unfortunately, not the near future looks like until really we get these fires put out entirely were going to have to deal with the smoke around the bay area and the way has set up weve got 4 fires burning around the bay area and thats why weve got smoke. Everywhere you go its a very poor air quality right now in nevada extremely poor and that air is the full of smoke a settled in that moderate as you get your way in the mill valley and also the San Francisco and oakland. Then again and drops off your air quality gets worse as you make your way into the tri valley, san ramon and very bad again in toward conquered, and right around any ocso certainly looks like tomorrow another day of very poor air quality all around the bay area again these woodburning smoke, these particles are small but also caught up in that of course theres a lot of other things to burn in the fires, lot of homes lot of plastics lot of other debris, some of the stuff that you really dont want to breathe in certainly up where equality just about everywhere you go one place youll see improve air quality usually is along the coastline. But tomorrow it may not be the case. We have High Pressure building in tomorrow that is going to cause more of a northerly wind that will bring smoke from the fire back into the bay and pushed out toward the coastline as we head toward tomorrow after the expect easy conditions everywhere you go guys back to you. Thank you cards today, californias new system in reopening the economy went into effect instead of a watch list. Counties will now be graded on a for tier colorcoded system. Heres where the bay area county stand tonight purple represents widespread transmission rates orange is moderate red for substantial and yellow is minimal and as you can see most bay area counties are in the widespread tier except San Francisco and napa counties those are in the substantial tear part of californias revamped rules allowed counties to immediately reopen indoor barber shops hair salons and malls with modifications however it is still up to each county to make the final decision. Malls hair salons and barbershops can now offer Indoor Services in contra costa, san Mateo Santa Clara moran, napa sonoma and solano counties Alameda County is allowing indoor malls to reopen at 25 capacity, however, Hair Services are still only allowed outdoors and San Francisco which is in the second highest year is only allowing outdoor Hair Services at this time based on that here that the county is in it can allow nail salons to offer services for more on the reopening status of businesses where you live you can go to our website kron 4 dot com. The relaxation of Health Orders may be just what the doctor ordered for some businesses kron fours rob fladeboe was in Santa Clara County today. He has reaction from hair salon owners now welcoming back clientele inside. It didnt take long for word to get around and willow glens missions square barbershop and salon was open again stylists working outdoors just wasnt cutting it i think know that he would kneel we can know by the walk. What a nice i feel not far away van to tell and her fellow stylist wasted no time welcoming back lines to hair handlers salon which has been closed for almost 6 months what business can sustain be not 6 months. You know, almost a happy year. I dont know any business that can do that you go down the street you see a lot of businesses close its going to take a lot of time for us to coax our clients back to the salon. And let them know that they are going to be ok the scaled back Health Orders mean indoor retail is also back with some restrictions. For example westfield oak ridge and Valley Fair Mall as in many other indoor retail establishments have reopened at 25 of capacity. A new system which replaces the states watch list considers the countys Positivity Rate in cases per 100,000 residents. All indoor businesses must still adhere to social distancing and cleaning protocols. No problem say those who are in need of a haircut i think its great i grew my hair for over 6 months so im here the very first day there are open in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Our news continues with the growing protests across the country at 00 30pm tonight. President trump is expected to be in kenosha wisconsin to push for more law and order why local Officials Say now is not the time the nation has surpassed the 6 million covid19 cases at 8. 45. We look into the development of a possible vaccine. But first californias Eviction Moratorium expires tomorrow. What sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed. You can adjust your comfort on both sides. Your sleep number setting. Can it help me fall asleep faster . Yes, by gently warming your feet. But can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable will it help me keep up with mom . You got this. 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So far the state Senate Passed a measure shielding renters from eviction if they could not pay their rent because of covid related hardship. Ranchers will still owe what they could not pay during the pandemic no need to pay 25 of the ranch, between now and february or else stay still can be evicted senators on both sides of the aisle are still divided on the details on how to help people. If this comes back in january for an extension. Definitely not be supporting and then by no means is a handout just a hand again during this crisis is got what is needed at this time in respect we have for vote. Other priorities on the agenda for late tonight include social justice and Police Accountability bills, but some feel the works since top tonight, Republican Caucus is calling on governor newsome to call a special session on other pandemicrelated problems facing california. Winemakers are on alert because of the current wildfires still burning in northern california, it turns out for some destruction of the vines is not the worry instead, its how the heavy smoke might affect the taste of that wind thats produced in those fire affected areas. Reporter lonnie wong tells us that so far the problem of what is called wine taint. Its a hard one to deal with wildfire smoke has resulted in air quality warnings but along with people the smoke is also affecting wine grapes in area stretching from the Santa Cruz Mountains through napa and sonoma counties and into expanding wine regions in yolo county and beyond the phenomenon is label wine taint ashtray character in the back of his for does. Because when making is an art based on complex flavors the hint of smoke and ash flavors in the final product can be ruinous to the final product, the frustrating thing is that there is no telling how much smoky feel based chemicals, grapes absorbed through the skin of the fruit, red grapes or more susceptible even if you cant taste it in the grapes themselves it can show up in the fermenting process and get stronger as the wine ages it definitely makes someone making a lot to take care of been host has done extensive field testing since the 2017 fires in napa and sonoma right now chemical testing of grapes and fermenting samples have been tried. There are also various filtering systems there are being developed which in turn can adversely affect the wines taste. Other strategies call for enhancing fruity flavors to mask the taint of smoke and protective coatings on the grants themselves are being looked at told of the trade something she can the cure for what he calls the good news for consumers is that california winemakers one released winds that are not to be spoke teaches saying what we need anything that could home but that could also mean a potential loss of product that profit potential Economic Impact on the industry thats already struggling theres more research to be done because wildfires are going to be going away in years to come. Lonnie wong. Whereas step outside and weve been talking about the smoky conditions its hard to see here because pham when youre standing at the embarcadero can always look like this one is even when its not smoke a no just always looks beautiful now lets check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow heres a look at the weather for the rest of this week lawrence close now to august and weve got the fog out there now september. You see that time of year we start to see a lot of the fog go away but yeah weve got a lot of smoke out there tonight as well all around the bay area seeing a lot of that smoke just kind of settle in for the night. Temperature wise today running a little bit below the average in San Francisco, 64 degrees 71 degrees in oakland 74 high in san jose was 88 very warm in livermore 86 degrees in concord and santa rosa checking in the 76th all around the bay area these temps millers temperatures somewhat similar be at 77 and hayward nice day there but hazy 73 in redwood city 77 in mount view 83 and avato. And 75 degrees in the napa valley fog low clouds moving in along the coastline right now just kind of get rid of settle in for the night. But weve also seen that with the smoke as those winds that afternoon sea breeze subside lot of that smoke just kind of settles in the many of the nooks and crannies really many of the areas in and around the bay and well as you head to the valleys, you got plenty that smoke settling in there to temperatures all running still warm inland, 70 degrees in concord is 59 degrees now and cooling off from berkeley to see the sea breezes effect that temperature 58 into San Francisco on still 70 degrees in saint helene a now overnight tonight and go see low clouds and fog even further into the bay kind of. Going us be set tomorrow morning and then after that burns off of that hazy sunshine a little warmer. Then this week ahead, the temperatures kind of Holding Steady but this weekend i think were going to be downright hot in parts of the bay area again for tomorrow Little Things change we get a little bit of a northerly grady that means more of a northerly wind. I think thats going to blow back some of the smoke from the fires in the north a back even along the coastline going to be hazy day tomorrow fog low clouds maybe with some drizzle along the immediate coastline tomorrow morning that offshore wind that were going to see not Strong Enough to really clear how much along the coastline you may see a couple glimmers of sunshine. But i think fog low clouds kind of hugging the coast all day long. Temperatures for my those going to be in the 50s by day pretty nice outside a little bit warmer. I think tomorrow afternoon with that northerly wind back in the 90s in places like conquered in livermore lot of 70s 80s inside the bay. Youve got some 50s 60s out toward the coast. Next few days temperatures kind of Holding Steady but this weekend back to triple digits, starting on sunday my goodness all right, thank you lawrence, well for your money. Tonight if it feels like you paid more for your gasoline philip last week you are probably right aaa reports the National Price of gasoline spiked about 0. 5 to an average of 2 and 23 says where is that gas station of course prices are higher in california. Hurricane laura is partially to blame for the price increase as well as the higher demand for gas ahead of the storm. But prices should trend down in the week ahead as Oil Production facilities in the texas region open back up. According to aaa the National Average is still 0. 35 cheaper than this same time last year so heres a look at the prices here in the bay area at last check the cheapest price for regular gallon of gasoline in San Francisco is 2 and 0. 89 in oakland, it is 2 and 0. 89 as well as san jose it is 2. 73. Lawmakers want to investigate what caused widespread postal delays why do i love being a doctor at Kaiser Permanente . My only job is to take great care of my patients. Im empowered to do whats right for you. Our digital records mean your medical history is in one place, so i can give you great care. Your primary care doctor, your specialists. Its great we all Work Together as one team. Our integrated approach to health care helps my patients live longer, healthier lives. I dont just practice here, im a patient, too. I wouldnt trust my familys health care to anyone else. A federal Appeals Court has ruled against former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and the Justice Department and their effort to drop his criminal case this is just the latest twist in a years long case. It all started when flynn admitted that he lied to the fbi during the investigation into russias 2016 election interference flynn pleaded guilty and was sent was set to be sentenced. Meanwhile, President Trump said that flynn was unfairly prosecuted and in a very controversial move. Trumps attorney general william barr has to have plans charges dropped earlier this summer a Dc Circuit Court sided with planned to have his case dismissed, but this month the Dc Circuit Court of appeals wiped out the lower courts ruling and in todays decision that federal Appeals Court voted 8 to 2 to keep flynns case alive 3 men indicted with Trump Associates steve bannon are pleading not guilty Brian Kolfage andrew bought a lotto and timothy shea. Appeared virtually before a new york federal judge today. Bannon who has already pleaded not guilty was with them. The 4 are charged with defrauding people who donated money to try to help build the southern border wall. Prosecutors say they used hundreds of thousands of dollars from the fund for personal expenses. The judge also warned the defendants not to make inflammatory public statements that might affect a fair trial. A group of lawmakers things that postmaster general louis dejoy is keeping Important Information from congress. The House Committee made an announcement 2 days to subpoena him wednesday. The committee on oversight and reform is looking for more information that dejoy offered up during his then he then he offered up during his testimony last week. The committee asked for documents on the changes made to the Postal Service which caused widespread mail delays across the nation but never got them the Committee Says it will also be sending a letter to robert duncan, the chairman of the Postal Service board of governors about the withholding of documents. Now says accused of shooting and killing at least 2 people in a kenosha wisconsin protests last week today. President trump defended rittenhouse protests a month after month around the nation erupting as Police Killings of people of color continue leaders in kenosha wisconsin and portland are now pointing the finger at the president accusing him of fueling the unrest that has Kaitlan Collins reports the president is not backing down. Tonight the white house says President Trump wasnt fanning the flames of division as he lavished praise on his supporters who clashed with protesters during a deadly confrontation in portland president was highlighting that these were good americans going into peacefully. Be a part of a protest and show their voice there have been nightly protest in portland since George Floyds death. But violence escalated saturday after a caravan of Trump Supporters waving twentytwenty flags drove into the city and clashed with counterprotesters coming to a head when a man believed to be affiliated with a far right group. Was fatally shot President Trump morning, the victim on twitter but instead of calling for de escalation he called the caravan great patriots. Trump posted this video of a man firing a paintball gun and protesters and seemed to justify it by saying the big backlash going on in portland can not be unexpected after 9 to 5 days of watching an incompetent mayor admit he has no idea what hes doing. The white house claimed trump didnt see the video he re tweeted i dont think the president seen that video nor of i youre going to ask me about it people video when in fact for 90 days weve seen. For effect horrific violence by anti fight joe biden wasnt slated to return to the campaign trail until after labor day, but under rising pressure to push back on trumps claims that hes anti law enforcement. But in denounced violence and rioting today. Do i look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for riders really. Biden accuse the president of attempting to change the subject from the pandemic that has killed over a 180,000 americans. The fray, theyre going to get covid. Were afraid theyre going to get sick and die. And that is no small part because of you. When President Trump travels to kenosha wisconsin tomorrow, a meeting with jacob blakes family isnt on his schedule. He still hasnt spoken to the family though its been over a week since jacob blake was shot by a white Police Officer you can ask him this evening over the weekend, trump liked a tweet that said Kyle Rittenhouse is a good example of why i decided to vote for trump. That was Kaitlan Collins reporting jacob blakes father says he has no interest in speaking with the president the president says he will not meet with the blake family because they wanted to involve lawyers democrat joe bidens Campaign Says he could be in wisconsin as soon as this week today, President Trump refused to condemn the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse the 17 yearold is accused of a shooting in kenosha wisconsin, the left 2 people dead. And a 3rd person seriously injured. Were looking at all that that was an interesting situation you saw the same tape is iso. He was trying to get away from them, i guess it looks like and he fell and then they very violently attacked him. And it was something that were looking at right now and its under investigation, but. I guess she was in very big trouble he would have been i probably would have been killed, but is under its under investigation. Rittenhouse faces number of homicide charges, including firstdegree intentional homicide. Attorney for rittenhouse has said he was acting in selfdefense all right sir take a live. Look at this video from earlier tonight this was shot in the strangelooking side you for pam harvest moons and blood moons in looks like a smoky. Firemen yeah lawrence what is this movie out called the berkman i mean whats next right were talking about that maybe locust avenue its just been about everything so far this year, but that smoke all that really kind of discovering the moon and your sun sets out there too and tonight a foggy start to move back in and of course youve got the smoke that settling in as well. The kind of kicking around in fact at pretty good sea breeze this afternoon start to calm down a little bit of a sell the west to 9 in the San Francisco 12 in benicia and a pretty good wind and 18 in fairfield now going to be interesting overnight tonight, those winds going start switched directions at least in the north bay youre going to start to see little more of a northerly component thats going to usher in some drier air and certainly those winds could kick upwards of 20 miles per hour. So firefighters, especially the north bay have to watch out for that it will be some more smoke back in the bay along the coastline temperature wise i think tomorrow we start to warm up a little bit but not so much in the San Francisco along the coastline youve still got some patchy fog that offshore wind just not going make its way all the way to the coast. So that will keep those numbers cooler out toward the beaches been inside the bay, hazy sunshine, 70 degrees in millbrae also the burlingame 77 in san carlos 76 in woodside youll get a visa much of the south of a very hazy into the afternoon getting a little hot inland tomorrow. I think were back in the 90s into the tri valley and of course that smoke it is going to be very thick on and off throughout the day 94 in concord about 73 in san leandro 72 degrees in berkeley and 75 degrees. In hercules said were going continue to see those hazy conditions all around just not to be able to get rid of that smoke until we really see a big change in the containment of those fires meantime though we are looking at those temperatures staying pretty toasty inland may be cooling down slightly on friday but look at your weekend in labor day. Yeah were back into the triple digits. Thank you lawrence neighbors taking on fires 1000 people in the Santa Cruz Mountains sprung into action fighting fires. More now on the 3 huge wildfires still burning in the bay area fire crews continue to gain control here is where things stand right now the lnu lightning complex fire burning in the north bay is currently 66 contained and has burned more than 375,000 acres. The s c you fire burning in the east and south bays and beyond is now 65 contained with 387,000 acres burned and the czu fire burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties has the least containment tonight at 41 more than 85,000 acres have burned there with the fire thats bearing down rather on the homes in bonny doon and the Santa Cruz Mountains a group of friends and neighbors. Took it upon themselves to create their own firebreak kron fours Maureen Kelly talked to one of the people behind that effort who estimates their actions saved 25 homes. Some are calling them the Bald Mountain brigade a group of around 25 people who used a tractor and hard work to turn that was once a Mountain Bike trail in an unincorporated part of wilder ranch state park. Into a fire break initially, it was hand tools and a garden hose at our neighbors house and top it over there when the fire first came. From there it escalated to okay weve saved his house the first time. Then the fire was moving this way towards us and the bulk of the homes are kind of back behind us and so from there it was get out the tractor get out the chainsaws and start working on this fire line that we ended up cutting they estimate that the fire line may cut is a half mile from end to end and if you look on this i can see how the fire. Came right up to it with the charred trees and ash where the underbrush used to be but on this side. The fully to still green untouched by flames but the fire did get very close to some homes this one had to be saved 3 times and eventually lost 2 outbuildings Justin Robinson who took me on a tour of the fire breaks as all 25 homes in this area off smith grade road are still standing, we dont know what the fire would have done that we stopped it from getting to them. Yes, there are still hot spots up here that theyre keeping an eye on robison says he knows what theyre doing is not encouraged by cal fire. They didnt feel like they could walk away initially. They werent here to protect the homes and we were and no they dont condone it but. Where do we have a lot of vested interests here and we care about our community greatly, and it felt like a safe thing to do even if it maybe it wasnt at the time reporting from bonny doon i Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. Businesses in San Francisco will be getting some much needed personal protective equipment, how much equipment. The city has received to give out next up next in sports the fortyniners place whether star defensive players on the covid19 list today. Jason dumas so have details on what could potentially the United States has now surpassed to more than 6 million documented covid19 cases now many see a vaccine as the best hope to reopen society but some researchers are debating just how quickly one can be approved safely a group of prominent doctors is now calling for an independent review of Coronavirus Vaccine trial data and not just fda authorization Dianne Gallagher gallagher has more on the tensions between them. There is growing concern political pressure could be rushing the covid19 vaccine process after fda commissioner doctor stephen hahn said the agency might consider emergency use authorization or approval even if a vaccine developer applies before phase 3 trials are complete. So hes not talking about data. Hes to leave basically leave the room or work for him to be able to say that he believes the benefit outweighs the harm which is not a scientific standard we should use for this vaccine that were going to put in the 10s of millions of people. Upon dismissed concerns telling the Financial Times quote we have a convergence of the covid19 pandemic with the political season and were just going to have to get through that and stick to our core principles. This is going to be a science medicine data decision. This is not going to be a political decision. Still one group of medical experts is calling for an independent review board to review the data before a vaccine is approved by the fda which could boost public trust. Many people have to get vaccinated if they dont we can have a vaccine and it wont do us any good. Especially as its looking more likely the eventual Coronavirus Vaccine might require more than one dose. White House Task Force member doctor deborah birx is urging people to take precautions now before theres a vaccine im hopeful for vaccine, but im also very convinced right now that we can stop community spread. By wearing masks, socially distancing and avoiding crowds. As the United States crosses over the 6 million confirmed coronavirus case mark. There are some areas of improvement over the past 2 weeks on average daily new cases are down about 18 10 new deaths per day by roughly 11 this is good news and its largely because of smart policies in texas and arizona and florida around masking and closing bars, theres still parts of the country where things are both. Bad and even getting worse in the dakotas and kansas and other states and College Campuses are becoming an example of how quickly the virus can spread. Cases that colleges and universities have now been reported in at least 36 states at suny oneonta a lesson in exponential spread. We noticed that there was a large party early last week that resulted in several covid cases, 20 covid cases became 105 cases we stepped in immediately. That was a gallagher reporting the World Health Organization says emergency author zation of a vaccine is not something officials should take lightly. Leaders in other countries have contrasting views on rushing that process want to show you the latest numbers now on covid globally there are more than us 25 million cases here in the u. S. Are more than 6 million cases. Close to 4,000 cases were reported just yesterday in california there are more than 4. 700,000 total cases with 13,000 deaths here in the bay area 83,000 total cases and 1100 deaths. Theres this is a San Francisco will soon get some extra personal protective equipment from the city 1 million surgical masks 600,000 face shields and 150,000 bottles of Hand Sanitizer were delivered today the shipment will be distributed to Small Businesses in the mission. They view and chinatown neighborhoods in the city mayor london breed partnered with the states Emergency Services office and the States Office of Small Business advocate to provide this extra equipment. The shipment comes as the city prepares to launch a Public Awareness campaign to remind and encourage people to wear face masks ahead of the labor day weekend. Sports from the team t fiber sports desk. Were less than 2 weeks away from the niners regularseason opener and one of its most important players has landed on the covid19 list the fortyniners announced today that star linebacker fred warner. Was placed on the list over the weekend now this doesnt necessarily mean that water has covid19 but he has either tested positive or been in close contact with someone else who have the virus. Now he is forced to quarantine war did test positive he can return to the practice field in 10 days wants 10 days have passed that is since his initial symptoms appear and 72 hours after his symptoms have gone away completely the niners draft of water in the 3rd round of the 2018 nfl draft. He has never missed a game and has started every single time he suited up for the fortyniners so Kyle Shanahan knows this is a huge loss but he cant say much more than that. A good reminder that. No ones out of the woods and when you go go a few weeks with nothing happening if you start to feel pretty safe and. A reminder that starts to move out there so. Well see how it goes and im not going to get into a because i cant but you guys know the rules with this was a couple options with the test to come back in. I will see how it goes he said. Tricky tricky situation out there and the only ones dealing with it. The covid issues that is the aides wont be playing again until thursday at the earliest after a member of their traveling party tested positive for covid over the weekend. The team was slated to travel to seattle for a threegame series with the mariners but now the remain in houston and follow mlb testing protocols over in henderson, nevada, the raiders prize new linebackers suited up for the very first time in silver and black very goes right there. They acquired Raekwon Mcmillan over the weekend mcmillan figures to challenge for playing time immediately. He started 28 games over the last 2 years for the dolphins and is known as a runstopping linebacker who can struggle a bit in the passing game. The linebacker position though was arguably the biggest one of need for the raiders last year so at the very minimum mcmillan can provide some depth. The basketball world lost a pillar in its community today, john thompson, the longtime head coach at Georgetown University and the first black coach to win a National Championship has passed away at 78 years old more than just a coach thompson fall for the equal rights of his players, including walking out of the game after the nc double a pass proposition 48 which would deny scholarships to freshmen who are academically ineligible a rule that largely affected black athletes constand coached 4 hall of famers in his career Patrick Ewing Dikembe Mutombo Alonzo Mourning and my personal favorite athlete of all time allen iverson. He did his cause of death has not been announced yet but he was able to pass away surrounded by his immediate family and friends are now speaking of tops in the nba crew on tnt honored him by donning his signature towel over the shoulder prior to the game one of the bucks in heat and here we see honest attempt to blow. He was held 18 points or for 12 from the line and 6 turnovers that playoff be honest right here. It could match up with jimmy butler he went off for 40 points, including 12 for 13 from the line he pull away and win one 15 one 04. They take a one nothing series lead and the thunder they just beat the rockets to force a game 7 so some exciting action in the nba playoffs in that is your look at sports back to you guys. Thanks jason coming up using drones to fight fires they are being used here in the bay area and in other parts of the nation to al jones dropping we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. 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From a safe distance it gets the helicopters on the ground my feet are on the grounds why the drop from the same spot. Kelly boyd unit leader and drone operator explains a newer tactic on the Colorado Wildfire fighting front weve only been doing this for the last 2 years. Deploying dragon eggs we did about a 1000. Over the course of a day takes about 20 to 30 seconds for this reaction to take place and thats about the time it takes for the as you know them hit the ground. The term dragon maybe a little deceiving when it comes to a close in size white says by the time the as drop on the ground its like putting a lighter on the floor. We get them up high on the ridgeline mean we just worked the fire down that offers up a lot of opportunities opportunities to save communities stopping fire lines in their tracks operations that are at risk when spectators try to get a closer look at the action if we have no public flying their drones we dont know who they are and where theyre going and so we have to shut down operations. That can potentially stop containment even put the people protecting our lands and loved ones at risk we already have a tough time as the sun we can recover as a community. You know as Nicole Fierro reporting boyd says even though this may seem like something anybody who can fly a drone could help with the best thing is to leave it to the experts. And that wraps up kron 4 news tonight at 8 but our primetime coverage continues at the top of the hour. The recent surge in covid cases throughout the bay area. 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